This microwave is stronger than the cheap ones so you will need less time to cook. Be careful of the reheat function, my initial experience was that the food got overcooked, so check in on the reheating process. The black interior took some getting use to, its not white like many other brands, that makes the light seem dull. This was a replacement unit, the earlier one lasted 5 years, but this one would not fit in the stainless mounting unit from the one we replaced. A new stainless mount is expensive. It took a lot of work to get the new microwave to fit in the old bracket mounted under the kitchen cabinets.